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Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
Roblox is ushering in the next generation of entertainment, allowing people to create and play together in immersive, user-generated worlds. We're the one and only fastest-growing entertainment platform that lets anyone teach themselves how to code and publish any experience imaginable — across any device — reaching 79.5 million players across the globe every day!
Roblox's platform is experiencing unprecedented growth, and as a PhD Research Intern, you will be at the forefront of this exciting journey! You'll be part of a world-class team that is revolutionizing the entertainment industry and empowering millions of players worldwide. During this 12 or 16-week internship, we'll support you as you tackle the hardest problems in tech today – content understanding, ML based recommendation, distributed systems, real-time communication, 3D co-experience, extensive data processing, rendering, physics. Roblox offers the opportunity to conduct experiments at scale with millions of users globally, vast datasets, and cutting-edge client-server technologies. We're looking for experts to focus on the following areas:
- Search & Recommendation Systems: Improve user engagement and content discovery through cutting-edge machine learning models.
- Content Safety & Moderation: Build scalable AI solutions for real-time moderation and detection systems.
- 3D AI & Generation: Innovate 3D modeling, geometry synthesis, and real-world simulations using AI.
- Immersive Technology: Enhance tools for creating expressive avatars and interactive experiences.
You Will
- Engage in research with Roblox as part of your PhD thesis during the internship and beyond on a case-by-case basis
- Perform hands-on research, develop prototypes, and conduct experiments to solve challenging problems.
- Transition and apply innovative research into large scale production systems
You Have
- Pursuing or recently completed a PhD in computer science, engineering, or a related field, with a thesis aligned to Roblox research areas.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Node.js, Ruby, Python, C++, Lua, Swift, C#, or Java
- Have published and presented peer-reviewed articles in top-tier venues.
- Proficient in coding, with experience building and optimizing large-scale systems.
You may redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance/graduation from your resume if you prefer.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual hourly rate could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Please note that not all benefits shown below are applicable to internship opportunities.
Hourly Pay Range
$77—$77 USD
Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.
Top Skills
Roblox San Mateo, California, USA Office
3150 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA, United States, 94403
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